A Bloodhound to Die for: Bloodhound Series, Book 6
(Libby/OverDrive eBook)

Dog trainer Jo Beth Sidden and her assistant, Jasmine, offer dog-tracking services to the local authorities in small-town Balsa City, Georgia. In Lanier's sixth bloodhound adventure, an older woman with dementia wanders off into the Okefenokee Swamp, and Jo Beth and Jasmine take two canine companions on a perilous mission to find her. Meanwhile, Jo Beth is stalked by an escaped convict named Jimmy Joe, and she tries to decide how she feels about handsome sheriff Hank Cribbs. Gracious, kind Jo Beth is an eminently likable heroine, as is African American beauty Jasmine. Jimmy Joe and his eccentric kin are characters right out of The Beverly Hillbillies--over the top but completely entertaining. And, of course, as anyone who saw Best in Show knows, bloodhounds are irresistible. The perfect story to read while sitting in a porch rocker drinking sweet tea. --Jenny McLarin Copyright 2003 Booklist

Fans who have been howling for another chance to cheer for Jo Beth Sidden and her kennel of bloodhounds, who haven't followed a trail since Ten Little Bloodhounds (1999), can rejoice. Not only is the feisty heroine from Balsa City, Ga., back for her sixth outing, but her love life gets a real work out. After a six-week fling, Jo Beth and Sheriff Hank Cribbs decide that their hot but volatile relationship is too costly to continue. Besides, a handsome hunk's in town on a sad occasion and Jo Beth thinks she may be of some help. And then there's Jimmy Joe Lane, a swamp rat and inveterate prison escapee who's developed a crush on Jo Beth. His many kin regard Jimmy Joe, who's managed to parlay an original 90-day sentence into a debt of more than 40 years, as something of a legend. When Jimmy Joe makes his nearly inevitable next jailbreak, he can't wait to begin turning his fantasies about Jo Beth into reality. Lanier mines the situation's comic possibilities nicely without straying into farce and, as usual, turns an expert eye on bloodhounds and their care and training in this warmly entertaining concoction. (Aug. 5) FYI: The series' debut title, Death in Bloodhound Red (1995), won the Anthony Award and copped nominations for Agatha and Macavity awards as well. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Series star Jo Beth Sidden (Death in Bloodhound Red), bloodhound trainer and amateur sleuth, searches for an escaped convict, an old lady gone missing in the swamp, and clues to three deaths. She tries, meanwhile, to escape the onus of killing her abusive exhusband-albeit in self-defense. An excellent read. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Attention to readers willing to blast through reams of information on southern manners and dogs' lives for trace amounts of mystery: Jo Beth Sidden, bloodhound trainer, amateur sleuth, and steel magnolia, is back in action after a four-year hiatus (Ten Little Bloodhounds, 1999, etc.). By page 38, murder's been done, and we know whodunit and why. Now on to more substantive matters: Jo Beth's passion for Bobby Lee--"her special love, a roommate, and a miraculous two-and-a-half-year-old bloodhound." Suddenly Bobby Lee's gone, dognapped by Jimmy Joe Lane, a loopy good ol' boy who's convinced he and Jo Beth were born to be soulmates, even though they've met only once, in Georgia's grim Monroe prison, with bars in between them. Now that he's paid his debt to society, Jimmy Joe plans to hold Bobby Lee hostage until Jo Beth comes to her senses. Meantime, there's a two-legged bloodhound to deal with: Dunston County Sheriff Hank Cribbs, of the "dark, flashing eyes and coal black hair," who adores Jo Beth almost as much as she does Bobby Lee. As Jo Beth tracks Jimmy Joe, Sheriff Hank tracks Jo Beth. Luckily, Jimmy Joe turns out to be a deep-dyed romantic, susceptible to blandishment and bamboozling. It's hard to add anything to Bobby Lee's overjoyed reaction to the outcome everybody's been awaiting: "Arf." Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Dog trainer Jo Beth Sidden and her assistant, Jasmine, offer dog-tracking services to the local authorities in small-town Balsa City, Georgia. In Lanier's sixth bloodhound adventure, an older woman with dementia wanders off into the Okefenokee Swamp, and Jo Beth and Jasmine take two canine companions on a perilous mission to find her. Meanwhile, Jo Beth is stalked by an escaped convict named Jimmy Joe, and she tries to decide how she feels about handsome sheriff Hank Cribbs. Gracious, kind Jo Beth is an eminently likable heroine, as is African American beauty Jasmine. Jimmy Joe and his eccentric "kin" are characters right out of The Beverly Hillbillies--over the top but completely entertaining. And, of course, as anyone who saw Best in Show knows, bloodhounds are irresistible. The perfect story to read while sitting in a porch rocker drinking sweet tea. ((Reviewed July 2003)) Copyright 2003 Booklist Reviews

Series star Jo Beth Sidden (Death in Bloodhound Red), bloodhound trainer and amateur sleuth, searches for an escaped convict, an old lady gone missing in the swamp, and clues to three deaths. She tries, meanwhile, to escape the onus of killing her abusive exhusband-albeit in self-defense. An excellent read. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Fans who have been howling for another chance to cheer for Jo Beth Sidden and her kennel of bloodhounds, who haven't followed a trail since Ten Little Bloodhounds (1999), can rejoice. Not only is the feisty heroine from Balsa City, Ga., back for her sixth outing, but her love life gets a real work out. After a six-week fling, Jo Beth and Sheriff Hank Cribbs decide that their hot but volatile relationship is too costly to continue. Besides, a handsome hunk's in town on a sad occasion and Jo Beth thinks she may be of some help. And then there's Jimmy Joe Lane, a swamp rat and inveterate prison escapee who's developed a crush on Jo Beth. His many kin regard Jimmy Joe, who's managed to parlay an original 90-day sentence into a debt of more than 40 years, as something of a legend. When Jimmy Joe makes his nearly inevitable next jailbreak, he can't wait to begin turning his fantasies about Jo Beth into reality. Lanier mines the situation's comic possibilities nicely without straying into farce and, as usual, turns an expert eye on bloodhounds and their care and training in this warmly entertaining concoction. (Aug. 5) FYI: The series' debut title, Death in Bloodhound Red (1995), won the Anthony Award and copped nominations for Agatha and Macavity awards as well. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.